Happy New Year!

Action Shot!

Nolan loves to read and Alaina mainly loves to chew on the books...
either way they both love books!

Amazing! January 7th and we were out for a walk!

Nolan got a hockey helmet for Christmas and he always wants to wear it...

he even attempted to eat dinner wearing it!

Enough snow to take out the sleds! Alaina loved her first time sledding.

A crazy Purpur Christmas. All of the kids eating dinner.

Christmas Eve and 7 months old. I love those cheeks!

So, so close to crawling!

Playing hockey in the living room is a normal part of our night.

Alaina was brave enough to pose with Santa.

Went on a sleigh ride at Santa's Village. Nolan loved the horses.

Nolan and Alaina on Thanksgiving.

Thanksgiving and 6 months!

Our sweet little chick and Woody on Halloween

Lots to catch up on. It was a busy holiday season. Alaina turned 6 months on Thanksgiving and 7 months on Christmas Eve. She has been very busy rolling all over the place. She is extremely close to crawling, but for now she gets from point A to point B by rolling and spinning on her tummy. She also likes to stand holding on to the couch...not for long, and she also enjoys standing holding our hands. She now has 3 teeth! One just popped through today. She also finally decided to like her little baby snacks and is learning to pick up her puffs. Frozen fruit is also really helping her while she it teething. She still wakes up at least once a night to eat, however we have had a few lucky nights of her sleeping through the night!

Nolan has been keeping busy as usual. My poor guy did have to have surgery in November to correct a plugged tear duct. The surgery went very well. He just didn't do so good recovering from the anesthesia and being intubated was very irritating to his throat all day, but his eyes have been "eye bugger" free since he has had it! Nolan tried out his new hockey skates in December and loved it! Christmas was extremely exciting for my 2 year old. He did not know what to do with himself. He did, however, inform us that he did NOT want Santa coming to his house. This really concerned him, so Santa just waited for Danny and I to run outside on Christmas Eve night to get the gifts from him. He also decided not to pose for a picture with Santa, but Alaina had a great time playing with his beard during her photo shoot. I had the week after Christmas off and loved every minute of it. This also provided the opportunity to take a full week to try to potty train Nolan, and we are very proud to announce that it was a SUCCESS!!!! He did so great and now just tells us he has to go and he goes. WooHoo! He is even waking up in the morning and from nap dry. Nolan and Alaina continue to be best friends and love one another so much. It is so fun for us to watch them together. We have so much to be thankful for and are looking forward to the new year together. Enjoy lots of new pictures!